CapMan - Company Announcement

Lennart Simonsen appointed CapMan's new CEO

CapMan Plc Stock Exchange Release 30 March 2010 8.30 a.m.


Lennart Simonsen appointed CapMan's new CEO

Lennart Simonsen (LL.M) has been appointed CEO of CapMan Plc and a Senior
Partner of the company as of 1 June 2010.

Simonsen (born 1960) will join CapMan from Roschier, Attorneys Ltd., where he
has been a Partner since 1999. He served as the company's Managing Partner
between 2001 and 2009, during which time the firm created a partnership network
in the Baltic countries and established a successful office in Stockholm. Today,
Roschier employs a total of some 270 people, of whom 70 are based in Stockholm.
Simonsen has represented numerous Finnish and international private equity
investors in the M&A field since 1993. Prior to working for Roschier, Simonsen
was Managing Partner at Castrén & Snellman."Lennart Simonsen is an experienced manager, and Roschier has grown into an
international partnership during his time with the company. He has proved
himself an innovative and successful leader of an expert organisation. Lennart
has in-depth knowledge of the business world and has been involved in numerous
M&A transactions involving private equity investors. I believe that, under
Lennart, CapMan will be able to build on the work that we have done in recent
years to develop our business very effectively. I look forward to working with
him," says CapMan's current CEO, Heikki Westerlund, who will be proposed as the
new Chairman of the company's Board of Directors at the AGM to be held on 30
March 2010."I am very much looking forward to the challenge of leading the listed company
CapMan," says Lennart Simonsen. "I hope that my some 10 years of experience in
heading up an expert organisation as Managing Partner will provide a strong
foundation for my work at CapMan. I have followed CapMan's activities and growth
for a long time, and believe that CapMan has succeeded in creating a strong
presence as a private equity investor in the Nordic region and Russia, and that
its personnel represent some of the best in the field. Working with the kind of
talented people that CapMan has is always very inspiring."

Further information:
Heikki Westerlund, CEO until 31 May 2010, on tel. +358 207 207 504 or
0358 50 559 6580
Lennart Simonsen, CEO as of 1 June 2010, on tel. +358 20 506 6000


CAPMAN PLC


Mari Reponen
Communications Director
Investor Services


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CapMan
CapMan is one of the leading alternative asset managers in the Nordic countries
and Russia and manages private equity funds with approximately EUR 3.6 billion
in total capital. CapMan has six investment areas (CapMan Buyout, CapMan
Technology, CapMan Life Science, CapMan Russia, CapMan Public Market and CapMan
Real Estate), and each of them has a dedicated team and funds. Altogether CapMan
employs approx. 150 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Moscow.
CapMan was established in 1989 and its B shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock
Exchange since 2001.







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